Zimran also known as Zambran. was according to the Hebrew Bible

Hebrew Bible

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 the first son of Abraham

Abraham

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, the patriarch

Patriarch

Originally a patriarch was a man who exercised autocratic authority as a pater familias over an extended family. The system of such rule of families by senior males is called patriarchy. This is a Greek word, a compound of πατριά , "lineage, descent", esp...

 of the Israelites, and Keturah

Keturah

According to the Hebrew Bible, Keturah or Ketura was the woman whom Abraham, the patriarch of the Israelites, married after the death of his wife, Sarah. Keturah bore Abraham six sons, Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah....

 whom he wed after the death of Sarah

Sarah

Sarah or Sara was the wife of Abraham and the mother of Isaac as described in the Hebrew Bible and the Quran. Her name was originally Sarai...

. Zimran had five other brothers, Jokshan

Jokshan

Jokshan ; most probably Josephus' Jazar. According to the Bible he was the second son of Abraham and his concubine Keturah, whom he wed after the death of Sarah...

, Medan

Medan (son of Abraham)

According to the Bible, Medan ; also spelt Madan was the third son of Abraham, the patriarch of the Israelites, and Keturah whom he wed after the death of Sarah...

, Midian

Midian (son of Abraham)

According to the Hebrew Bible, Midian is the fourth son of Abraham by Keturah, the woman Abraham married after Sarah's death. His brothers are Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Ishbak and Shuah....

, Ishbak

Ishbak

Ishbak , also spelt Jisbak and Josabak. According to the Bible he was the fifth son of Abraham, the patriarch of the Israelites, and Keturah whom he wed after the death of Sarah...

, and Shuah

Shuah

Shuah , also known as Sous, was, according to the Bible, the sixth son of Abraham, the patriarch of the Israelites, and Keturah whom he wed after the death of Sarah...

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Josephus tells us that "Abraham contrived to settle them in colonies; and they took possession of Troglodytis

Troglodytae

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 and the country of Happy Arabia

Happy Arabia

Arabia Felix was the Latin name previously used by geographers to describe the southern parts of the Arabian Peninsula, including modern Yemen, a country with an extensive history.-Name:...

, as far as it reaches to the Red Sea." Abraham, in all probability, tried to keep them apart from Isaac

Isaac

Isaac as described in the Hebrew Bible, was the only son Abraham had with his wife Sarah, and was the father of Jacob and Esau. Isaac was one of the three patriarchs of the Israelites...

 to avoid conflict while fulfilling God's commission to spread out and inhabit the globe. For such reasons Zimran has also been tentatively identified by some with the Arabian town of Zabran, between Mecca and Medina (that is, Jeddah

Jeddah

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).

According to the Book of Jasher

Sefer haYashar (midrash)

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, the children of Zimran were Abihen, Molich and Narim.

External links

• Easton's Bible Dictionary: Zimran